Activities of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2022/2026(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (A9-0284/2022 - Anne-Sophie Pelletier)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas persons with disabilities face challenges posed by the discrimination including multiple discrimination in many areas of life; whereas these challenges vary across Member States; whereas persons with disabilities face major difficulties in achieving their equal access and equal conditions in the labour market;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the UNCRPD recognizes the right of persons with disabilities to work on an equal basis with others, choose freely, be accepted and work in open, inclusive and accessible work environment;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas an equal access of persons with disabilities to the employment is often hindered both by barriers to the workplace and the barriers to the built environment which impedes the possibilities of persons with disabilities to find the employment outside sheltered workshops;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas rheumatic and musculoskeletal are associated with high levels of disability, comprise the biggest cause of physical disability in the EU, and account for over 50% percent of Years Lived with Disabilities (YLDs) in Europe;1a; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 % respectively of persons without disabilities8 ; _________________ 7 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/BRIE/2020/651932/EPRS_BRI(2020) 651932_EN.pdf 8 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Disability_statist ics_-_poverty_and_income_inequalities
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the negative impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases on disability in Europe is set to increase as Europe’s population ages;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. A b. whereas persons with disabilities or chronic diseases, request individualised support and adaptation of the workplace;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the European Union and Member States to improve their efforts in order to achieve a barrier-free environment including the built environment for persons with disabilities or functional limitations including people with rheumatic/chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal disease-driven disability.
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to review and revise current models and tools used to assess disability to take proper account of all disabling diseases, including rheumatic/chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases.
Amendment 177 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases to be recognised as a major cause of disability across all relevant EU and member state policy, legislation, and programmes.
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for Europe-wide monitoring and reporting of disability to be based on quality data and updated disability indicators that recognise the characteristics and symptoms of rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease- driven disability.
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the European Commission objective to set targets on increasing the employment rate for persons with disabilities, including people with rheumatic/chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases, as well as the participation of adults with disabilities in learning, up-skilling, re-skilling and mobility programmes;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Highlights the need to address new challenges related to the higher prevalence of disabilities linked to the ageing of the workforce and higher prevalence of employees with chronic diseases; stresses the importance of developing policies including flexible work schedules to help employees with disabilities to better integrate in the labour market;
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market using the full potential of digital tools including ethical and human-centric artificial intelligence while exchanging best practices in order to identify successful initiatives on better employability and assistance to persons with disabilities; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support entrepreneurship and self- employment for persons with disabilities as well as their employability in social economy.
Amendment 195 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support research programmes focused on development of assistive technologies including robotics, digital technologies and ethical artificial intelligence enabling full integration of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life including labour market;